iPhone 3GS=the best thing ever, ever

[Metal_Sonic]

Suffice it to say you're another one of those people that don't understand why a Mac is better than a PC even though a roughly equivalent PC is cheaper. I've used other people's smartphones and the word "headache" sums up pretty much all of them. Anything you do requires way too much bullshitting around. My dad has had a Black Jack, Black Jack 2, and currently has a Blackberry and he would kill for an iPhone. With Apple products, all of the little things that other companies ignore add up to one really big difference.

Oh.....my.....god.

[Knuckle Duster]

Those people did that shit even on Nokia brick phones back in the day. I don't do that shit. When I go out, its to be around people I don't see in my day to day life (mostly girls) and if I was to use the iPhone, it would be to get their number or to pull up a website/youtube video relevant to what we were talking about, etc. For instance, just last weekend I was getting my flirt on for like 2 hours with a girl and a couple youtube videos came up in the conversation. If I had my iPhone then, I could've brought them up and showed them right then and there. Its just those small things that make having like this with you all the time just plain convenient.



Suffice it to say you're another one of those people that don't understand why a Mac is better than a PC even though a roughly equivalent PC is cheaper. I've used other people's smartphones and the word "headache" sums up pretty much all of them. Anything you do requires way too much bullshitting around. My dad has had a Black Jack, Black Jack 2, and currently has a Blackberry and he would kill for an iPhone. With Apple products, all of the little things that other companies ignore add up to one really big difference.

I find it hilarious how this guy wall-of-texts every 10 minutes with an omni-directional abrasive attitude towards an argument that doesn't exist.

Mac is better than PC now?
Fail/10 fanboy.

[KnightWarrior]

What..the.... Fuck

How cann people play on the Iphone..Wow, it's uncomfortable

[Metal_Sonic]

I've used other people's smartphones and the word "headache" sums up pretty much all of them. Anything you do requires way too much bullshitting around. My dad has had a Black Jack, Black Jack 2, and currently has a Blackberry and he would kill for an iPhone. With Apple products, all of the little things that other companies ignore add up to one really big difference.

Just uh, gonna add something. Why is it a headache? Ive used various smart phones and they're pretty easy to use, have all the features of an iphone, great battery life, and most are cheaper than the iphone.

[Knuckle Duster]

Just uh, gonna add something. Why is it a headache? Ive used various smart phones and they're pretty easy to use, have all the features of an iphone, great battery life, and most are cheaper than the iphone.

It's probably a biased blanket statement.
Smart Phones running Windows Mobile are terribly clunky and feels 10 years behind. Maybe he's associating 'all smartphones except apples' as the equivilent to 'an evil PC'

iPhone has competition beat due to the web browser's easy interface, and the application support. This will change once Android support takes off.

Blackberry is slick and easy to use, but their hardware is flaky, and the touch models they come out with recently aren't good enough to compete. I don't know what to make of the Palm Pre yet.

[Metal_Sonic]

The Palm Pre? Meh
http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/...-33490473.html

[sketch]

Somewhat back on topic, how is the battery life, 17-days?

[kool kitty89]

As for the external memory/cards limitation, can it accept USB compatible flash drives? (given the USB connectivity it should, even if a passthrough addaptor is needed to connect via a miniature USB port)

I might be interested if there weren't an extra "iPhone fee" that they charge for no good reason.

Yeah, well in that case, and for those who aren't intrested in such a thing as a phone (I for one don't like to carry expensive stuff around like that), there's always the iPod Touch. Which Classic Game Room HD has been reviewing games for a while on as well
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=...os&query=touch

Granted they are still pretty price as well. (even on sale) http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....30&loc=KW-2464

[17daysolderthannes]

Somewhat back on topic, how is the battery life, 17-days?

considering how I'm using it almost every waking second, it is probably best to keep a charger handy. It lasts a good 5-6 hours, I've never had it go dead before getting home again. I plan on stocking up on charger cables since they are less than $2 on dealextreme.com and if you really need extra juice you can buy booster batteries (even one incorporated into a case) that basically work as a charger powered by rechargeable batteries ( yeah, I know that was confusing as shit).

to everyone else: you know what, I'm done. I try to show you how cool the gaming possibilities are on the iPhone and all you want to do is shit on the iPhone/Macs/Apple and tell you how much your smartphone does it better. This isn't a smartphone comparison thread, its an iPhone game thread. I'm not going to stick around in it just for you to shit on my iPhone because you want to be petty/jealous.

[Knuckle Duster]

to everyone else: you know what, I'm done. I try to show you how cool the gaming possibilities are on the iPhone and all you want to do is shit on the iPhone/Macs/Apple and tell you how much your smartphone does it better. This isn't a smartphone comparison thread, its an iPhone game thread. I'm not going to stick around in it just for you to shit on my iPhone because you want to be petty/jealous.

See...You brought up the 'Apple' part of the argument, and like most fanboys you tend to lean on jealousy argument as some form of justification towards an otherwise logical discussion.

I pointed out the possibility of a recall considering the battery tech's history, and apples no tolerance for flaky hardware. (They're good for recalling crap.)

You in turn dumped this logic bomb:

#1 its not a toy, its the most useful thing ever made. Thats said, I do already have a solid page of downloaded games, but there is little an iPhone CAN'T do that any other electronic devices can.

#2 I've used mine almost non-stop since I got it Monday and it has never overheated or been "too hot to touch." I think some sensitive skinned little twats need to grow a pair. My N-Gage QD used to get scalding hot after fully charging it, its called a battery. Have you ever used an XBOX 360 before? I think I could warm a warehouse in Siberia with just one of those.

#3 I don't really care if they do recall it, all that means is that I sync it to iTunes for about, oh, 15 seconds, take the new one out of the box, sync all my shit onto the new one, and send the old one back. I could literally receive and throw away an iPhone every day and it would only be minimally inconvenient with the iTunes backup (you can backup EVERYTHING including contacts, bookmarks, etc).

edit: I just looked into that some more, and it looks like 1 isolated incident has been blown out of proportion by retards trying to find a reason to shit on the iPhone. Apple tests the ever loving fuck out of their products before releasing them and based on my long history with Apple I can almost guarantee any overheating problems are the dumbass shithead owner's fault.

Stating 'You don't care', yet also defending the convenience of an otherwise 'already established convenient platform' while insinuating that the RMA possibility is fear mongering by apple haters and really is due to negligent behavior inspired by stupidity.

If you feel insulted that someone should say "Hey, there could be a recall", and feel the need to post ridiculous crap like that, good luck in life. (It doesn't help that you later dropped the 'Mac VS PC' bomb out of nowhere, but I can laugh that one off.)

You're 'fucked', you need to chill out, smoke a bowl, crack a beer, relax or at least undergo some anger management therapy before you keel over with a heart attack before your 40th birthday.

Good luck with your new toy, my friends like theirs, and I'm sure I'll like mine when I pick it up.

[Mordan]

being a Java J2ME developer, I despise the Iphone.

no Java. mother sucker

[sketch]

See...You brought up the 'Apple' part of the argument, and like most fanboys you tend to lean on jealousy argument as some form of justification towards an otherwise logical discussion.

I'm not aiming this at you personally, but I disagree. 17-days got shit on pretty quickly, and his only point of the thread was to show how cool his iPhone was. I commented pretty early on that everyone was quick to dump on him and the iPhone for that reason. It's a thread to discuss the fun parts of the iPhone with other people (and there was no "the iPhone is better than cell phone X" crap). The anti-iphone/apple people came out immediately.

I'm not going to argue the point. It's pretty obvious to me that it's fairly typical knee-jerk reaction along the same lines as "PCs suck, Macs rule" or vice versa, or more appropriately "Genesis rules, SNES sucks". It's all the same ridiculous piffle. Unfortunately, it ruined what could have been a good thread, and one useful to people like me who are on the fence about buying an iPhone.

Nuff said.

[genocide-superstar]

I enjoy TouchGrind quite a bit, and iShoot (mind you I'm only playing on an iTouch...), but I am looking at Rolando or Rolando 2 as they seem to have stellar reviews and look quite fun. Have you played either of these?

[Alianger]

I've had an iPhone for about 6 months now, and so far, gaming on it has been a pretty lackluster experience. Out of all the games I've tried, only ~5 have been worth keeping and they were all non-conventional or non-arcade type games like strategy, point & click adventure and rpg.
The only console style (ie best played with a joypad) genre that I find works well enough is racing, because you don't need to cover the screen with your own hands, just sit back and rotate the thing like a steering wheel. Even then, the experience becomes slightly disorienting/head ache-inducing after a while so it isn't really on par with the pure gaming platforms.

Anything that would require a joypad-like control scheme has been annoying at best, because not being able to feel the buttons means you have to keep track on both the action on-screen, and your own fingers stayng in the right positions. It also makes the gameplay seem detached somehow, as it's not very satisfying to land a hit or move your avatar around when you're just touching a flat surface (this just might be me being conservative, but I'm sure many feel the same way).
Also, the buttons take up a lot of the screen space, and many games also make you point with your fingers at stuff which means you'll be blocking your own view of the action, sometimes getting hit in the process...

http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/gadgetlab/pad2.jpg

[sketch]

I've had an iPhone for about 6 months now, and so far, gaming on it has been a pretty lackluster experience. Out of all the games I've tried, only ~5 have been worth keeping and they were all non-conventional or non-arcade type games like strategy, point & click adventure and rpg.
The only console style (ie best played with a joypad) genre that I find works well enough is racing, because you don't need to cover the screen with your own hands, just sit back and rotate the thing like a steering wheel. Even then, the experience becomes slightly disorienting/head ache-inducing after a while so it isn't really on par with the pure gaming platforms.

Anything that would require a joypad-like control scheme has been annoying at best, because not being able to feel the buttons means you have to keep track on both the action on-screen, and your own fingers stayng in the right positions. It also makes the gameplay seem detached somehow, as it's not very satisfying to land a hit or move your avatar around when you're just touching a flat surface (this just might be me being conservative, but I'm sure many feel the same way).
Also, the buttons take up a lot of the screen space, and many games also make you point with your fingers at stuff which means you'll be blocking your own view of the action, sometimes getting hit in the process...

http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/gadgetlab/pad2.jpg

I am definitely concerned by the lack of tactile feedback. I am hardwired to play with a d-pad I can live without analogue control.

My hope is that there is at least a reasonable selection of iPhone games that work well with the touch interface. RPGs, RTS/Strategy and puzzle seem like natural fits. I'm not big on touch screen gaming in general (on the DS it's either a gimmick or a downright nuisance in most games), so I don't think the iPhone would work for me as my primary gaming machine. But always having a handful of decent games available for when I'm unexpectedly waiting on something/someone would be handy.

Edit: I'm also hoping for good "edutainment" type games, mainly for language. I'd like to brush up on my french and attempt to learn Japanese for the umpteenth time.